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Osteochondral lesion of the talus Patients with persistent pain (and sometimes instability) in th...

PAEDIATRIC CONDITIONS These are discussed in Chapter 44 . (b) Figure 41.2 (a, b) Hallux valgus an...

Infection Septic arthritis in the foot or ankle is rare except in patients with diabetes and cons...

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Learning objectives To understand: The basic anatomy and biomechanics of the foot and • ankle The...

FURTHER READING Bulstrode C, Wilson MacDonald J et al . Oxford textbook of trauma and orthopaedi...

Hallux rigidus erload Hallux rigidus is a painful condition of the hallux MTP joint characterise...

Heel pain The commonest cause of heel pain is plantar fasciitis. Pain is located inferomedially w...

Charcot Charcot is a condition in which patients develop a neuropathic destruction of the joints...

Diabetes Patients with diabetes have foot problems secondary to neuro pathy and microvascular cha...

Examination The examination of the foot is described in Chapter 35 patient should be watched walk...

Acquired flat foot There is a wide range of normal appearance of adult feet. Pathological causes...

Ankle instability ); Most people who sustain an ankle sprain will recover, partic - - ularly if ...

BIOMECHANICS The walking cycle is divided into the stance (60%) and swing (40%) phases. The stanc...

ANATOMY There are 26 (25 with variant) main bones in the foot (seven tarsal bones, five metatarsal...

SURGICAL PROCEDURES Knee operations can be done either arthroscopically or open. Arthroscopic tre...

Soft-tissue knee problems These can present as acute injures or as delayed, more chronic cases wi...

Osteoarthritis OA commonly a ff ects the knee joint. The prevalence of symptomatic knee OA in adul...

Osteotomy Varus or valgus alignment or deformity of the knee can abnormally load the medial or l...

Revision knee replacement TKRs have excellent long-term survival, with 82% lasting over 20 years ...